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STEM not a Bridge too far for our students

posted 23 Nov 2016, 23:27 by Web Admin

On Thursday 8th November, a large group of year 8 and 9 students
selected from the Most Able program were treated to a STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) day run by graduate trainee engineers
from Network Rail.During the day the
students worked in teams of six to complete two challenges.They were asked to build a bridge to span a
90cm gap out of a few basic resources, and in the afternoon they used Lego to
create a mechanism for a level crossing gate.The students worked brilliantly and the best bridge in the morning was
so strong that the team running the day did not have enough weight to break
it!They told us that this was the
strongest bridge any group of students had built in the schools they had
visited.Our students were really
enthusiastic about the different challenges and the day helped our more able
group of students to build their problem-solving and team work skills as well
as to learn about the kind of work that engineers can do.

The winning team on the day has been
invited to a special trip out to Network Rail’s headquarters at the Quadrant in
Central Milton Keynes.

"I really enjoyed the STEM day on Thursday 8th
November as I learnt a lot about what Network Rail does.I found it really fun when we had to make the
strongest bridge because I worked with people I wouldn’t normally work
with.When we were building the level
crossing, I enjoyed how we all had different roles that we had to stick
to.For example, I was the project
manager and I had to overlook the whole group and how we were working together."